A MAN has been found dead in his Dorset flat by emergency services following a concern for welfare call.

Dorset Police received a report on Monday morning sharing concern for a man who lives in his flat in Crossways and upon officers reaching the address in Mount Skippet Way found the body of a man in his 60s.

Witnesses in the area say over the course of Monday and Tuesday the ground-floor flat was taped off by police with forensics seen ‘going in and out’.

Dorset Echo: Mount Skippet Way sign

Dorset Police later concluded that they were satisfied no third party was involved in the death.

A spokeswoman for the force said: “Dorset Police received a report at around 10am on Monday February 7 raising concern for the welfare of the occupant of an address in Mount Skippet Way in Crossways near Dorchester.

“Officers attended with the ambulance service and very sadly, the body of a man aged in his 60s was located.

“Enquiries have been carried out into the circumstances surrounding the death and a cordon was put in place while officers examined the scene.

“A post mortem was carried out on Tuesday February 8 and officers are satisfied that there was no third party involvement in the death.”

The police also said that the man’s family had been informed and the coroner was also notified of the death.

Reacting to the incident Crossways Parish Council councillor Bob Light said he was saddened by the news.

He said: “As a community we are saddened by this news and behalf of the parish council I would like to offer our condolences and sympathies to the man’s family and friends at this difficult time.

“The large police presence is not something we have here in Crossways often and it is certainly unusual for the area and something we are not used to.”

A Crossways resident who lives nearby, and wishes to remain anonymous, said they had seen a large police presence in the area on Monday and were concerned what it was about when they saw the flat taped off.

Dorset Echo: Flats in Mount Skippet Way in Crossways where a man was found dead

They said: “Police shut off the flat and were set up outside after the incident happened for a day or two.

"We were all worried about what had happened.”

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust added: “We were called at 12.57pm on Monday, February 7, to an incident in the Crossways area, and we sent a double-crewed land ambulance.”